Hose-coupling for railroad-trains.



PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

. A. E. MORTON.

HOSE COUPLING FOR RAILROAD TRAINS.

APPLIATION FILED SEPT. 29,1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 PATBNTED NOV. 27, 1906.

A. P. MORTON. HOSE OOUPLING FOR RAILROAD TRAINS.

. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- APPLIOATION FILED SBPT.29,1`906.

* Plinmm ALEXANDERF. MORTON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-COUPLING FOR RAILROAD-TRAINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Application filed September 29, 1906. Serial No. 336.785.

T0 all whom, it m/ltg/ concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER F. MOR- TON, a citizen of the United States o America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State-of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Couplers for Railroad-Trains, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates. to a coupler particularly designed for cars where two cars and their respective pipes or conduits are to be connected together.

The invention has for its primary object to provide a combined car, steam, air, and Water or whistle coupler which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Another object of this invention is to provide a flexible coupler which can be used in connection with an ordinary coupler or can be used in lieu of the ordinary coupler for connecting two cars together.

A Jfurther object of this invention is to provide a coupler for simultaneously connecting the various train-pipes of one car with the pipes of another car.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be presently described in detail and then speciiically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specication, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of a portion ofa truck equipped with my improved coupler. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the cou ler. Fig. 4 is a plan of the coupler-head. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional view of the same, taken on the line r of Fi 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the knuc e of one vof the car-couplers. Fig. 7 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the same as mounted in the coupler-head. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of a casing constituting part of my invention'. Fig. 9 is a detail sectional viewillustrating a valve applicable to my im roved coupling. Fig. 10 is a similar view il ustra'ting two of the valves connected together. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a portion of'a car-truck as supporting 'truc L knuckles 22 an my improved. coupler. As illustrated, I have provided the journal-boxes' 2 of the truck with a frame 3, which spans the end of the truck g but it is obvious that the frame 3 can be readily supported from any convenient Ipart thereof. The frame centrally of the is provided with a rearwardly-extending slotted casing 4, which contains the draft-gear of my improved coupler. The casing 4 houses a spring 5, against which a draw-bar 6 bears, said bar having a contracted end 7 entering the spring and lugs or pins 8 entering the slots 9 of the casing, said lugs or pins 8 limiting the outer movement of the draw-bar, while the spring cushions the rearward movement thereof. t Upon the forward end of the draw-bar .is pivoted a segment-shaped frame 10, said frame being shouldered, as at 11adjacent to the draw-bar to limit the horizontal swinging movement of the frame-10 and the couplerhead 12, carried thereby. The head 12 is formed with a plurality of longitudinally-disposed openings 14, said openings being threaded, as at 15, to receive the pipe-sections 16. These sections are connected by a plurality of lexiblyjoined sections 17 to pipes 18, arranged in close proximity to the truck 1 and supported from the body of-a car (not shown) which is supported by said truck. The pipes 18 are provided with ordinary valves 19, and the joined sections 17 are of a conventional form, such as used between two movable bodies. The outer face of the head 12 is provided with a plurality of gaskets 20, adapted to surround the openings 14 and form an air and steam tight connection between said head and the head (not shown) to be coupled thereto.

The ends ofthe head l2 are recessed, as at 21, to house pivoted coupler-knuckles 22 and 22a, these knuckles being of an ordinary type, with the exception that they are rovi ed with locking ed es 28. To lock or old the 22a in a closed osition, a bar or rod 24 is slidably mounted 1n brackets or straps 25 upon the head 12. This bar or IOO rod is provided with a suitable handle 26,

whereby it may be readily manipulated from the end of the head 12 or from the side of a car. f]

The head 12 above one ofthe recesses 21 is slotted, as at 27 to permit of a locking-arm 28, carried by the bar or rod 24, extending into the recess and en agin the knuckle 22 when the same is close as ustrated in Fig.

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` similar couplers.

7 ofthe drawings. The end of the bar or rod 24 is provided with a depending angular arm 29, adapted to protrude through an opening 30, formed in the end of the head 12, and engage the knuckle 22a, pivoted in the end of said head.

It will ofcourse be understood from the construction of my improved coupler that it is necessary that the car to be connected with my improved coupler must be equipped with When so equipped, the operation of coupling the cars will be automatic, with the exception of releasing the valves 19 of the pipes 18 to permit air, steam, or water to pass from one car to another.

In lieu of the valves 19 I can provide the coupler-head 12 with recesses 31, with which the openings 14 communicate. In these recesses spring-held valve-heads 32 are mounted, adapted to normally close the recessopenings 33, especially when the couplerhead is not connected with another couplerhead. In Fig. 10 of the drawings I have illustrated two of the heads connected together, where it will be observed that the 'clear passage from the opening 14 of one coupler-head to the opening 14 of its adjoining head. i

In practice I preferably use three pipes, as shoWn-one of said 'pipes as an air-brake pipe, one as a steam-pipe, and the other for air to control the whistle-signal of a train of cars.

The coupler-head and its appurtenant parts will be constructed of strong and durable metal capable of withstanding the roughness to which couplers are subjected.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a coupler, the combination With a truck, and the conduit-pipes of a car, of a frame carried by said truck, a draft-gear casing carried by said frame, a draw-bar mounted in said casing, a segment-shaped frame pivoted to said draw-bar, a coupler-head carried by said segment-shaped Jframe and having a plurality of openings for1ned therein adapted to be flexibly connected with said conduit -pipes, coupler-knuckles pivotally mounted in the ends of said head, a bar slidably mounted upon said head, and arms carried by said bar and adapted to lock said knuckles. in a closed position, substantially as described. i

2. In a coupler, the combination with a truck, and the conduit-pipes of a car, of a frame carried by said truck, a draft-gear casing carried by said frame, a draw-bar mounted in said casing, a frame pivoted to said draw-bar, a coupler-head carried by the lastnamed frame and having openings formed therein adapted to connect with said pipes, coupler-knuckles pivoted in the ends of said head, and means carried by said head to lock said knuckles in a closed position', substantially as described.

3. In a coupler, the combination With a truck, and the conduit-pipes of a car, of a draft-gear casing supported by said truck, a draw-bar mounted iii said casing, a couplerhead pivotally supported by said draw-bar and having openings formedtherein adapted to connect with said pipes, coupler-knuckles mounted in said head, and means carried by said head to lock said knuckles in said head,

substantially as described.r Y

4. In acoupler, the combination with a truck, of a draft-gear casing supported by said truck, a draw-bar protruding into said casing, a cou ler-head carried by said drawbar, couplernuckles mounted in said head, and means carried by said head to lock said knuckles in a closed position, substantially as described. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALEXANDER F. MORTON. 

